Tim Blake Nelson Says Marvel Is “Keeping Cinema Alive”
Over the past sixteen years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has undeniably been the dominant force in movie theaters. Since 2008’s Iron Man, Marvel Studios has released 34 films, which have collectively grossed over 30 billion dollars at the box office.
While Marvel has been launched to previously unthinkable heights and has legions of fans throughout the world, the studio has also become an easy target for Hollywood critics who argue that the films do not have any artistic merit and have, in fact, hurt the movie industry overall.
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Such criticisms have come from luminaries such as Martin Scorsese, Quinten Tarantino, and Francis Ford Coppola. The Marvel movies, they say, are safe, redundant, or, as Copolla so eloquently put it, “despicable.”
Marvel’s Stars Have Defended the Films
The Marvel stars themselves have responded to this criticism in different ways. While defending their films, both Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth admitted to being hurt by the criticism. Chris Evans and Scarlet Johansson also discussed the comments.
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“I think original content inspires creative content. And I think new stuff is what keeps the creative wheel rolling. I just believe there’s room at the table for all of it. It’s like saying a certain type of music isn’t music. Who are you to say that?” Evans asked.
Tim Blake Nelson Weighs In
As Marvel began to fall back to Earth following the events of Avengers: Endgame, the critisim of the studio, and its potential determental effect on the movie industry only increased. As Deadpool & Wolverine recently proved, however, Marvel is still king of the movies.
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In a recent interview with The Wrap, Tim Blake Nelson, who is set to reprise his role as Samuel Sterms from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World, discussed Marvel’s impact on Hollywood.
“Marvel has become this phenomenon that’s unprecedented in the history of cinema,” Nelson told TheWrap at San Diego Comic-Con.
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“These scores of movies with characters moving in and out of one another’s storylines, coming together, going back apart, fighting against one another in a single universe: it’s never happened before in movies. When people attack these movies as, ‘Well, it’s not real cinema’ or, ‘It’s the death of cinema,’ I actually think it’s keeping cinema alive, and I really mean that.”
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As someone who has been absent from the MCU for 16 years, Nelson is in a unique position to judge the franchise’s impact. While the battle over the value of the Marvel films will continue, the studio is showing no signs of slowing down.
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